Poole scores double 'excellent' in Annual Health Check
The quality of care and financial management at Poole Hospital have both been rated 'excellent' by the Care Quality Commission
Poole Hospital has scored top marks for both the quality of its services and managing its finances in new national health care ratings published today.
This puts Poole Hospital among just 37 acute hospitals in the country to receive a double ‘excellent’ rating.
The Care Quality Commission Annual Health Check scores for 2008 to 2009 give Poole Hospital ratings of ‘excellent’ for the quality of services and ‘excellent’ for its use of resources. This means that we continued to excel in providing quality care for our patients and have got better at managing our finances by achieving a score of ‘excellent’ over last year’s rating of ‘good’.
The quality of services score covers a range of areas including the safety of patients, cleanliness and waiting times, and the use of resources score looks at how well we manage our finances. In addition, Poole Hospital fully met all the core standards set down for it by the Commission, the NHS watchdog.
Sue Sutherland, Chief Executive, said: “This is a fantastic achievement and an improvement on last year’s rating from good to excellent for the use of resources.
“We are one of only 37 acute trusts in the country to receive this double excellent rating. The credit for this lies with every single member of staff who contributes to the quality of care that we deliver to our patients. It should be of great comfort to the local population that they have access to such an excellent standard of health services.
“At Poole Hospital we strive to put patients at the centre of everything we do. I hope that our patients and the local community will be reassured by this seal of approval and continue to make Poole their hospital of choice.”
The double excellent Annual Health Check rating comes in a year when Poole Hospital was named ‘Safest Hospital in the UK’ by independent assessors and underpins the importance which the Hospital attaches to the quality of care we deliver to our patients.
Poole Hospital was one of the top-performing trusts to receive a joint letter of congratulations from NHS Chief Executive David Nicholson and Care Quality Commission Chairman Barbara Young.
Date: 15 October 2009